Farm-state Republicans don’t support President Donald Trump’s move to import cheap beef — but they’re still getting grilled for it.Trump’s plan to combat sky-high beef prices by introducing discounted,...
Sen. John Kennedy and Sen. Cory Booker sit on opposite sides of the dais, but that hasn't stopped Mr. Kennedy, Louisiana Republican, from admiring his New Jersey Democratic colleague.
President Trump has asked a judge to remove his blockade and allow the full shutdown and renovation of the Kennedy Center, saying he's fixed the problems that led to the court issuing an injunction earlier this year.
The Trump administration has started building the border wall through a west Texas section of the Big Bend region, marking the first major construction in an area of the U.S.-Mexico border where the administration's plans have met heavy opposition.
Cornerstone Government Affairs has hired Lauren Tomlinson, former deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, as a principal on the firm’s public affairs team. Tomlinson joins after co-founding the national security-focused public affairs firm Steer PR and running her company, Claffey Communication. Yoni Gedan has joined LSG as a partner....
World Central Kitchen said one of its Palestinian team members was killed in Gaza on Wednesday — about four months after an Israeli air strike killed seven of its workers. The nonprofit organization, founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, said Nadi Sallout was killed Wednesday near Deir al-Balah, Gaza. The organization described him as an "integral...
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said some Republicans have told her that Democrats “have to beat” former President Trump in the election this November for politics to return to normal. Pelosi joined MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Wednesday to discuss the new Democratic ticket, the attacks she’s received from the far right since Trump took power...
The estate of the French man Paul-Henri Nargeolet filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday against OceanGate, the company that created the Titan submersible that exploded last year. The lawsuit was filed in King County, Washington, against the underwater exploration company that intended to bring five people to the wreck site of the...
Vice President Harris on Wednesday was interrupted at a campaign rally by individuals protesting the war in Gaza for the first time since she launched her presidential campaign. Demonstrators in the crowd at Harris’s Detroit rally repeatedly shouted out as the vice president spoke to an airplane hangar packed with supporters, "Kamala, Kamala you can’t...
The new leader of Project 2025 is delaying the publication of his forthcoming book until after November's election, according to multiple reports. Kevin Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation, suggested that he will focus on electing conservatives down the ballot instead of pushing forward his book, "Dawn's Early Light." “There’s a time for writing,...
Vice President Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), traveled Wednesday to Wisconsin and Michigan in the hopes of sustaining their campaign’s enthusiasm in two states likely to decide the outcome of November’s election. The Democratic ticket spent their first full day together on the trail with stops in Eau Claire, Wis.,...
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) took aim at Boeing for a lack of answers connected to a midair blowout involving a Boeing 737 Max earlier this year. A door plug on an Alaska Airlines flight earlier this year blew off while in flight, prompting investigations into how the plug was able...
The head of the United Auto Workers (UAW) tore into former President Trump and rallied support for Vice President Harris in Detroit on Wednesday in front of a crowd of thousands. Shawn Fain, who has sparred with Trump for months, blasted the former president as a “scab” who “doesn’t know s‑‑‑ about the auto industry.”...
Vice President Harris led former President Trump for the second week in a row in polling from The Economist/YouGov. The poll, conducted between Aug. 4 and 6, found Harris leading Trump by 2 points among registered voters, 45 percent to 43 percent. The week before, Harris earned 46 percent support to Trump’s 44 percent among...
The Harris-Walz campaign has sold nearly $1 million worth of now sold-out camo hats branded orange with “Harris Walz” in the day since they were released, the campaign confirmed. “You asked, we answered,” the campaign said on its online store. “The most iconic political hat in America.” The campaign said it had originally printed 3,000...
Taylor Swift’s three concerts in Vienna were canceled Wednesday after Austrian government officials announced the arrest of two individuals suspected of plotting a terrorist attack at the stadium. The concert organizer announced the cancellations in a post on Instagram and said all tickets would be automatically refunded within 10 business days. “With confirmation from government...
Both Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) tout distinguished military records. But clashes over the specifics of their years in the armed forces were quickly ignited between their camps this week after the vice presidential match-up was set. Vance, who served in the Marines, took the opening shot Wednesday at Walz,...
